Programs » Medical Program

Medicine and first aid is one of IHF's priorities in Kenya. Many of the children, especially those new to the centre, are easily prone to illness and disease due to their previously poor living conditions. A small scratch or stomach bug can prove very serious in view of the abundance of typhoid, amoebiasis, malaria and other diseases in the region.

IHF's medical programme in its Nakuru Centre is at its beginning stages and currently composes of a small cabinet that provides basic first aid needs to the children. The employment of a full-time, in-house nurse last year has meant that the medicines are well managed and administered by a professional.

IHF hopes that the programme can build on these small beginnings to provide a much larger range of medicines and services. The vision consists of a small and free (or low-cost) medical clinic that can be open to the public. To achieve this IHF is looking at the possibility of cool storage for vaccines, abundance of vitamins, worm-treatment drugs and others. Success of the programme would bring medical help to the children of IHF as well as the vulnerable people in the surrounding community.

We need your support to get this project off the ground. We require funds for construction works to move the clinic into a more appropriate building. We are also looking to urgently expand the range of drugs available, including tetanus shots, antibiotics as well as medical equipment. You can also donate these medicines and equipment yourself by sending parcels to:

IHF Kenya
Care of Kiplenge Ogola Advocates
Cath. Diocesel, Nakuru Secretariat, Stadium Road
PO BOX 864 Nakuru 20100 Kenya

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Medicines Needed

Below is an incomplete list of pediatric medicines our nurse has requested. Some of our newer orphans show signs of malnourishment like red hair or enlarged internal organs because they came from an arid region and did not have enough to eat. These children may need special medicines not mentioned here.

• Albendazole Tablets Usp 400mg
• Amoxicillin Capsules
• Amoxicillin For Oral Suspension
• Ampicillin Capsules
• Ampiclox Capsules
• Andrin 10ml
• Aquium Gel
• Ashton And Pashons Powder
• Aspirin And Junior Aspirin
• Betadine Solution
• Brufen 200mgs And 400mgs
• Brufen Syrup
• Burnimed
• Cetirine Hydrochloride
• Chlorampherical Ear Drops
• Clotrimazole Cream
• Dawahisi Expectorant
• Diarrhoa Relief Tablets
• Dinagel
• Epherine (Pediatric Nasal Drops 10ml)
• Fiexall
• Firm Linment
• Flagyl
• Gentamycin Ear And Eye Drops
• Grabacin Powder
• Grabacin-3 Ointment
• Grisefulvin Ointment/cream
• Hayleve Chlorphenamine Maleate
• Hydrocortisone Cream
• Indocid Capsules
• Kaolin And Calcium Carbonate
• Metronidazol Tablets
• Orodar Tabs
• Panadol 500mgs
• Pharovit Iron Syrup
• Phenobarbitone Tablets
• Probeta N Ear And Eye And Nose Drops
• Salbutamol Syrup
• Septrine
• Tabs Ciprofloxacin Tablets Usp 500mg
• Tabs Fansidar
• Tabs Metakelvin
• Tetracyline Capsules
• Vitamin B Complex Injection
• Vitamin B Complex Tablets